The peritoneal membrane in peritoneal dialysis patients: Estimation of its functional surface area by applying stereologic methods to computerized tomography scans

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 342-346

  Chagnac, Avry ^a   Herskovitz, Pearl ^a   Weinstein, Talia ^a   Elyashiv, Simcha ^a   Hirsh, Judith ^a   Hammel, Ilan ^b   Gafter, Uzi ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONEUM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0032904586     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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